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On the ground: Sights and sounds of Inauguration Day 2025

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With no outdoor inauguration parade, a wave of Trump supporters and characters instead marched through the streets of D.C. on Inauguration Day.

All of the inauguration festivities for the 47th President Donald Trump were moved indoors at the last minute, forcing crowds to brave freezing temperatures, heightened security and general confusion just to be a part of the action.

WTOP’s Matt Kaufax was on the ground in Downtown D.C. to capture the sights and sounds of Inauguration Day, which included a massive pile of baggage left at the security checkpoint heading into Capital One Arena.

Check out his video to find out what Trump supporters, locals and business owners had to say about the atmosphere in D.C. as President Trump was sworn in for a second term.

US Rep. Julia Letlow, endorsed by Trump, wins the GOP primary for Senate in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Louisiana on Saturday, giving President Donald Trump a win after he backed her to replace GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy. Letlow, who was endorsed by Trump, defeated state Treasurer John Fleming in the two-candidate runoff after they finished ahead of Cassidy in the GOP primary May 16. Letlow pledged her loyalty to Trump in a race where Cassidy, who voted to convict the president on impeachment charges in 2021, spent a year working to keep Trump from going after him. She has promised to work in lockstep with Trump to advance his agenda. “I am so filled with gratitude for the greatest president this country has every had, Donald J. Trump,” Letlow told supporters at her election night watch party in Baton Rouge. “I am also so incredibly grateful for your endorsement.”
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